This 5 minute summer blueberry salad is a delicious appetizer or side dish for a barbecue party. Or whip it up for a quick weeknight meal or easy summer salad lunch. Let’s make it…
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Why you’ll love this salad with blueberries…
- Easy recipe to make after fresh blueberry picking.
- Fast – ready in 5 minutes, including the simple blueberry dressing.
- A great summer dish for entertaining guests at a picnic, bbq or potluck.
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients for fresh blueberry salad.
Blueberry salad dressing ingredients
- Vinegar, white wine or champagne
- Olive oil
- Garlic powder
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh basil (substitute dried basil)
Blueberry salad ingredients
- Lettuce (I used red leaf in the Sip Bite Go photos but you can use green leaf, romaine, butter lettuce)
- Blueberries
- Tomato
- Burrata cheese ball (substitute mozzarella cheese)
- Salt and pepper
- Olive oil
- Balsamic glaze (feel free to use balsamic vinegar which is less sweet and condensed and will make more of a balsamic vinaigrette flavor)
How to make this blueberry salad recipe
Take the recipe step-by-step provided and make it a little more general and conversational. Leave a line between steps so a photo can be added in-between.
- Make salad dressing for blueberry salad. Add all blueberry salad dressing ingredients to a large bowl. Whisk together until combined, about 15-20 seconds. Alternatively, add all salad dressing ingredients together in a mason jar, close the lid and shake vigorously for about 15-20 seconds until combined. Set aside.
- Chop and clean lettuce leaves. Chop off 1-2” base of lettuce and discard. Chop the rest of the lettuce to large bite-sized pieces (slice horizontally and vertically). Wash, ideally in a salad spinner, and dry. Add clean chopped lettuce to the large bowl with dressing and toss to combine.
- Assemble blueberry salad. Add dressing coated lettuce to a large plate. Add blueberries and tomatoes on top. Then add burrata cheese to the middle of the dish. Sprinkle the blueberry summer salad with salt and pepper to taste, especially over the burrata cheese ball.
- Finish and serve salad with a simple balsamic dressing. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic glaze on the salad. I like to drizzle a lot of balsamic glaze over the creamy burrata cheese ball. Serve and enjoy.
FAQs for making this salad
Other flavors that taste good in this type of summer salad include feta cheese, a sprinkle of sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, walnuts, sliced cucumbers, or caramelized red onions. Or try a different lettuce like spinach as the base.
Looking for healthy blueberry dinner recipes? Make it a complete meal by topping it with a protein like coulotte steak, grilled flank steak, a balsamic marinated chicken breast or simple pan seared chicken. Add a side of grill pan toasts and enjoy!
Half a teaspoon of dijon mustard, lemon juice or maple syrup are just a few of the ingredients you can add to blueberry salad vinaigrettes to add more flavor.
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Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
Are you a foodie, too?
Want something else you’ll love? Eating seasonal summer food is so easy this time of year. So I’m all about summer salad recipes right now, especially salads with fruit on them. Try this peach salad and strawberry salad, too.
If you’re looking for more fresh blueberry ideas, check out my blueberry compote and blueberry turnovers.
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Blueberry Summer Salad With Creamy Balsamic Burrata Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
Blueberry salad dressing ingredients
- 2 tsp vinegar white wine or champagne
- 1 tsp olive oil
- ¼ tsp tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 tbsp basil fresh chopped (sub ¼ tsp dried basil)
Blueberry salad ingredients
- 1 bunch lettuce red leaf or substitute green leaf, romaine, butter lettuce
- ¼ cup blueberries
- ¼ cup tomato wedges. try roma tomatoes
- 2 oz burrata cheese 1 ball, substitute mozzarella cheese
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp balsamic glaze substitute balsamic vinegar
Instructions
- Make salad dressing for blueberry salad. Add all blueberry salad dressing ingredients to a large bowl. Whisk together until combined, about 15-20 seconds. Alternatively, add all salad dressing ingredients together in a mason jar, close the lid and shake vigorously for about 15-20 seconds until combined. Set aside.
- Chop and clean lettuce leaves. Chop off 1-2” base of lettuce and discard. Chop the rest of the lettuce to large bite-sized pieces (slice horizontally and vertically). Wash, ideally in a salad spinner, and dry. Add clean chopped lettuce to the large bowl with dressing and toss to combine.
- Assemble blueberry salad. Add dressing coated lettuce to a large plate. Add blueberries and tomatoes on top. Then add burrata cheese to the middle of the dish. Sprinkle the blueberry summer salad with salt and pepper to taste, especially over the burrata cheese ball.
- Finish and serve salad with a simple balsamic dressing. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic glaze on the salad. I like to drizzle a lot of balsamic glaze over the creamy burrata cheese ball. Serve and enjoy.
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